Medical Properties Trust (NYSE: MPW) reported Q2 EPS of $0.21, $0.05 worse than the analyst estimate of $0.26. Revenue for the quarter came in at $291.84 million versus the consensus estimate of $312.07 million.

• Net income of $0.21 and Normalized Funds from Operations (“NFFO”) of $0.38 in the second quarter, both on a per diluted share basis;
• Expected full-calendar year 2020 cash rent and interest collections of 98%; deferrals of current rent and interest due will end by the fourth quarter, and amounts remaining unpaid will be collected pursuant to defined repayment arrangements;
• Acquired in early July for $200 million the fee simple interest in Steward’s Davis and Jordan Valley, UT Hospitals previously subject to a mortgage loan investment from MPT;
• Entered into commitments to acquire real estate of Prime St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood, CA for an investment of $300 million; expected to close in the third quarter;
• Closed in mid-May, a $205 million transaction to form a joint venture to invest in select international hospitals outside of the scope of existing operator relationships; subsequently committed to a $100 million investment, expected to close in the fourth quarter, in a three-hospital portfolio located in Colombia to be managed by the new platform;
• Entered into binding agreement to acquire real estate of a MEDIAN inpatient rehab facility in Dahlen, Germany for €12.5 million in the third quarter; separately, commenced construction on an Ernest post-acute facility in Bakersfield, CA with a total cost of roughly $48M and placed under various stages of agreement approximately $210 million of additional investments to be detailed in future quarters;
• Sold approximately 6.0 million common shares since March 31, 2020 through the Company’s “at-the-market” program at an average price of $18.16 for net proceeds of approximately $108.2 million.

“As we have previously mentioned, MPT continues to see tremendous potential for further investment. The pandemic the world is going through has created even more opportunities for us,” said Edward K. Aldag, Jr., MPT’s Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer. “During the past three months we have been able to execute on some of those transactions bringing our total 2020 investments to date to $3.1 billion. Between now and the end of the year, we expect to be able to capitalize on other opportunities as well.”

Mr. Aldag continued, “We are immensely proud of our operators for rapidly reconfiguring, right-sizing, and adjusting their operations in response to the COVID pandemic such that we expect to collect 100% of rent and interest contractually due to us, including 98% to be collected in 2020 with the remaining 2% subject to payment plans with interest. As we have been indicating since May, and as has been confirmed by multiple public hospital corporations, patients are returning to hospitals in scale for medically necessary elective procedures.”

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